I asked awhile back for advice on how to do scripture memory with Katherine. I wanted products and "systems" as I am not good at just picking out a verse and having her memorize it through drill and practice. Through your advice and trips to the bookstore I have found several products so I thought I would share them with my friends. I will admit that though I have done the research and have acquired some of these products I have not been very disciplined. I am making progress though.
The first memory system is
Truth and Grace as recommended by
Jen. I just purchased it but have not actually seen it yet.
Another
Jen recommended
Memlok as used by her sister-in-law. I have her copy to look over and it is very comprehensive. There are pictures to go along with verses and they are organized by theme as well as by book. I think it is a very good system but probably a little advanced for us at this point.
At
Lifeway I bought
The Memory Bible which is a book and
CD's. The book is over Katherine's head but the
CD's are great. There are 52 verses. Kirk Cameron narrates and explains the context and then there are 2 songs for each letter of the alphabet. They are pretty good for kids music.
We borrowed
Hermie and Friends Scripture Memory CD from
Chrys. We have the one on being truthful. I feared that I would be listening to the bugs from the movies sing kind of like when you have a Veggie Tales CD and you are listening to the veggies talk. The Hermie
CD's are not like that. The characters may narrate a little between some songs but the songs are cute. They are less expensive than other
CD's so I will pick up some more.
Erin recommended the
Children Desiring God verse cards.
We have volume 1 of Steve Green's
Hide 'Em In Your Heart music
CD's. At first Katherine did not like this CD but I have put it on again and she said she liked it. Steve Green has a fabulous voice! I checked out the video at our church library and I would skip it. It is pretty cheesy.
At the home school convention I bought the
ABC CD from the Scripture Memory Fellowship. The songs are a little choir sounding but they do a great job of sticking in your head and that is the point of them. There are a few other
CD's as well. I also bought the book that went with the CD.
I also found the Seeds
CD's. I listened to samples and they are songs that don't annoy the parents. I think we will be asking for the
CD's for Christmas. There are 2
CD's,
Courage and
Faith.
What I have done with the
CD's is load them all onto a
playlist on my
ipod so that they are all randomly played. This mixes up the verses and also the types of songs. Some I like more than others.
I hope this helps some of you.
Now I have a lot of resources. I just need to be more disciplined about using them with Katherine.
The first memory system is Truth and Grace as recommended by Jen. I just purchased it but have not actually seen it yet.
We borrowed Hermie and Friends Scripture Memory CD from Chrys. We have the one on being truthful. I feared that I would be listening to the bugs from the movies sing kind of like when you have a Veggie Tales CD and you are listening to the veggies talk. The Hermie CD's are not like that. The characters may narrate a little between some songs but the songs are cute. They are less expensive than other CD's so I will pick up some more.
We have volume 1 of Steve Green's Hide 'Em In Your Heart music CD's. At first Katherine did not like this CD but I have put it on again and she said she liked it. Steve Green has a fabulous voice! I checked out the video at our church library and I would skip it. It is pretty cheesy.
At the home school convention I bought the ABC CD from the Scripture Memory Fellowship. The songs are a little choir sounding but they do a great job of sticking in your head and that is the point of them. There are a few other CD's as well. I also bought the book that went with the CD.